Make a changing table - chest of drawers

There are several advantages to making your own real-wood changing table: - design it exactly to the dimensions you want, - customize it to the look of your baby's room, of course, - paint it with natural paints to guarantee healthy air. for the same reason, this furniture must be made from solid, unglued wood, not chipboard or melamine, which contain far too many VOCs for a child's bedroom. The boards used are untreated fir site boards. The first and least amusing step is to plane and sand them. The depth of the cabinet is 4 times the width of a plank, to avoid tedious cutting: this provides space next to the changing mat for a length of space for baby care products. The width of the cabinet has been determined to hold 2 blocks of metal drawers. Doing the drawers yourself in raw wood is time-consuming and complex, but drawers are so practical for storing baby's little things! So the metal drawer solution was chosen. For the front of the cabinet, a double curtain, matching the outer fabric of the bumper pad, is placed on a thin rod to hide the drawers nicely.

As the site boards are 14 cm wide (and 20 mm thick), you'll need to cut: - 8 lengths of 70 cm (sides) - 8 lengths of 99 cm (top and bottom). Please allow for 4 cleats, each 25 mm long and 56 cm wide. For the bottom, as there's no need for it to be thick, paneling (in untreated fir, of course) is ideal. They should cover an area of 74 cm by 99 cm.

The natural paints used are those chosen for the baby girl's bedroom, by Natura. The inside of the chest of drawers is first painted with the ecru color, so the inside of the chest of drawers will also be washable. The top is also in ecru, except for the changing mat, which is painted cyclamen. Both sides and the bottom of the chest are painted parma. A second coat is of course necessary to unify the shade.
Store the furniture in a dry place for several weeks before installing it in the baby's room, to prevent it from perfuming the room: even if the odors emitted are not harmful synthetic VOCs, natural paints emit the scents of the oils used, and this perfume can be strong for the first few days or even weeks.